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U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews today announced he will lead representatives from 12 U.S. companies on a health care business development mission to Beijing and Chongqing, China, October 16-21. Acting Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Mary Wakefield will join the delegation in Beijing. This is the first time that HHS has participated in a...

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced the Commerce Department will double the number of global markets serviced by its Digital Attaché program during her remarks at the Internet Association’s Second Annual Virtuous Circle Conference in Silicon Valley. Introduced as a pilot project earlier this year, the program currently covers the Association of Southeast Asian Nations,...

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced the appointment of 34 members to the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee (REEEAC). Initially established in 2010, the REEEAC is comprised of senior-level private-sector representatives that advise the Secretary of Commerce on the development and administration of programs and policies to expand the export...

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman issued the following statement regarding discussions on September 28 in Kyiv to accelerate economic reform, build a better business climate for all companies and increase U.S.-Ukrainian bilateral trade and investment.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker has been designated by President Obama to lead a Presidential Delegation to Kyiv, Ukraine, for the Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Babyn Yar Massacre on September 29. While in Kyiv, September 28-29, Secretary Pritzker will also continue the Department’s high-level engagement with Ukrainian officials on economic reforms that will strengthen...

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced that 12 diverse communities will be redesignated as Manufacturing Communities as a part of the Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership (IMCP) initiative until 2018. The communities were all initially designated under the first round of the IMCP competition in 2014.

The U.S. Department of Commerce today released a comprehensive report that finds that intellectual property (IP)-intensive industries support at least 45 million U.S. jobs and contribute more than $6 trillion dollars to, or 38.2 percent of, U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). The report, a joint product of the Commerce Department's United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and...

The U.S. Department of Commerce today issued its Jobs Supported by Export Destination 2015 report showing that U.S. goods exports to current free trade agreement partners supported more than 3 million jobs in 2015, an increase of more than 22 percent since 2009.